Lisa Song Sutton is lapping me in life. She’s prettier, smarter, more successful, and probably has a higher score on Wordscapes.
The former Miss Nevada went from business litigation to serial entrepreneur, generating millions across real estate, baked goods, and shipping retail.
She’s a General Partner of The Veteran Fund, which pours money into veteran-led companies.
She sits on boards, volunteers, drives a pink Porsche, and has an adorable corgi named Cupcake.
My biggest accomplishment is holding off drinking until nighttime.
Keep reading for my Mailbox Money Course review.
Lisa turned $60,000 in startup costs into a mini mailbox business that pulls in $500k a year, and she only works two and a half days a month.
More specifically, it’s an independent mailbox rental pack and ship store called Ship Las Vegas.
Think UPS franchise store, but you can service all of the carriers – UPS, FedEx, Postal Service, DHL, and more – without someone in short brown shorts bossing you around.
Lisa’s customers are mostly home-based business owners needing a business address for correspondence, packages, and to list on their filing paperwork.
Key points:
- You’re selling a non-perishable product.
- Low build-out expense.
- Low overhead.
- Low maintenance.
- Low staff.
- No after-hour phone calls.
Lisa cocks one eyebrow and states what should be obvious: This is not a get-rich-quick scheme where you open the doors and six figures just shows up in your bank account.
This is a long-term, legacy business that you could pass on to your kids or sell one day.
What Lisa loves about mailbox rentals is that they’re essentially mini storage units. It’s like owning a self-storage facility but with a fraction of the space, staff, and startup capital.
And again, with your own store, you’re not getting gouged by franchise, royalty, and marketing fees, nor are you answering to some corporate clown who drops in randomly and weirds everybody out.
Going independent offers maximum control and flexibility, allowing you to design and operate your store however you wish.
If you want a bookshelf right when people walk in, bah gawd, put a bookshelf there.
Blast Today’s Hits on Pandora instead of that crusty classic rock.
It’s your empire, hotshot. Rule it.
One of the smartest moves is to learn from others. No need to reinvent the wheel when you can just trick it out.
Remember, these stores have been thriving for decades.
Lisa got her start by finding a mentor and forking over $10,000 to get the inside scoop from a seasoned pro.
She shadowed him like a lost pup, spending weeks in his store, soaking up his processes and turning them into standard operating procedures for what would become Ship Las Vegas.
If you’re ready to replicate her success, the Mailbox Money Course was created with you in mind.
Here’s what’s inside:
- The exact services you should offer for maximum profitability
- Store build-out equipment and dimensions
- Choosing a location and working with a commercial real estate agent
- How to become a carrier access point
- Customer service SOPs and scripts
- Startup costs and line-item entries for financial tracking
- Tech stack and POS instructions
- Tips and insider secrets on marketing your store for the greatest visibility
- Business entity setup and consultation
Ongoing support is provided via a private Mailbox community and live weekly coaching calls for one year.
How much does Mailbox Money Machine cost? Lisa skips that part, nudging you to book a call to find out more.
She makes it clear there are no refunds and results aren’t guaranteed.
There’s about a dozen success stories, with some students sending in pictures of their newly opened stores in cities like Austin, Orlando, San Diego, Torrance (CA), and Clarksville (TN).
My take?
Lisa’s awesome, but the biz? Not my cup of tea.
While the idea of owning a cute little mailbox rental store is appealing, any business that calls tens of thousands in startup costs “low,” uses SOPs, or expects me – someone who can barely rinse toothpaste sludge down the sink – to manage other humans?
That’s way too serious.
